@article{fdi:010090554,
  title = {{P}ollination of the {M}editerranean fig tree, {F}icus carica {L}. : caprification practices and social networks of exchange of caprifigs among {J}bala farmers in {N}orthern {M}orocco},
  author = {{H}mimsa, {Y}. and {R}amet, {A}. and {D}ubuisson, {C}. and {E}l {F}atehi, {S}. and {H}ossaert-{M}c{K}ey, {M}. and {K}ahi, {H}. and {M}unch, {J}. and {P}roffit, {M}. and {S}alpeteur, {M}atthieu and {A}umeeruddy-{T}homas, {Y}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he {M}editerranean fig ({F}icus carica) is dioecious, with distinct male and female trees. {I}ts pollinator, {B}lastophaga psenes, is hosted within male figs. {W}e studied caprification, a practice to facilitate pollination by placing male figs from which pollinators emerge in female trees, among {J}bala farmers in {M}orocco to analyze (1) farmers' knowledge of the pollinator's life cycle and receptivity of female figs; (2) the distribution of female fig varieties and diversity of male trees planted; and (3) the roles of social exchange networks in securing access to caprifigs using participant observation, open and semi-structured surveys, and an ego-centered protocol to study caprifig exchange networks. {W}e document farmers' knowledge regarding caprification, the pollinator life cycle, and the caprification of intermediate male fig generations under adverse climatic conditions. {C}aprifig exchange networks show the critical role of markets in obtaining caprifigs for early fig varieties and in exchanges among farmers for late varieties.},
  keywords = {{F}icus carica ; {C}aprifig tree ; {B}lastophaga psenes ; {C}aprification ; {S}ocial exchange networks ; {F}armer ethnoecological knowledge ; {J}bala farmers ; {R}if mountains ; {N}orthern {M}orocco ; {MAROC}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{H}uman {E}cology},
  volume = {52},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {289--302},
  ISSN = {0300-7839},
  year = {2024},
  DOI = {10.1007/s10745-024-00493-6},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010090554},
}